Stephan Livera Podcast

Stephan Livera Podcast

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  • SLP302 SeedSigner - Bitcoin multi sig security under $50

    SeedSigner, pseudonymous creator of the SeedSigner project joins me to talk about his work creating a low cost, accessible, DIY style hardware device that can be part of your multi sig quorum with wallets/coordinators like Specter Desktop, Sparrow Wallet, Blue Wallet. This product was actually inspired by an earlier episode with Michael Flaxman.

    We chat:

    • Inspiration for the project
    • Low cost
    • Accessibility
    • Technical skill required
    • QR codes
    • Support
    • Being a project vs product
    • Links:

      • github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner
      • Twitter: @SeedSigner
      • Seedsigner.com
      • Relevant episodes:

        • SLP215 10X Your Bitcoin Security with Multisig
        • SLP231 Specter DIY - Build Your Own Hardware Wallet 
        • Sponsors:

          • Swan Bitcoin
          • Hodl Hodl Lend
          • Compass Mining
          • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
          • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
          • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
          • Stephan Livera links:

            • Show notes and website
            • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
            • Subscribe to the podcast
            • Patreon @stephanlivera
            • 1 hr 7 min
            • SLP301 Bitcoin Mining Pools Decentralised? A Discussion with Pavel Moravec of SlushPool & Ryan Ellis of Laurentia Pool

              How should Bitcoin mining be structured? Pavel Moravec of SlushPool (Braiins) and Ryan Ellis of Laurentia Pool join me to chat. We discuss:

              • Why pools exist
              • How to structure mining pools
              • Trade offs around decentralisation of pools
              • Coinbase payouts vs other ways
              • Lightning payouts
              • Scalability for mining pools
              • Stratum v2
              • Links:

                • Pavel Moravec: @mor_pav
                • Braiins Twitter: @braiins_systems
                • Braiins site: Braiins.com | Bitcoin Mining Company
                • Laurentia Pool Twitter: @laurentiapool
                • Site: LaurentiaPool.org
                • Laurentia pool post: Laurentia Pool: Pooled “Decentralization”
                • Braiins twitter thread on decentralisation: https://twitter.com/braiins_systems/status/1423291322128011264
                • Sponsors:

                  • Hodl Hodl Lend
                  • Compass Mining
                  • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                  • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
                  • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
                  • Stephan Livera links: 

                    • Notes and website
                    • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
                    • Subscribe to the podcast
                    • Patreon @stephanlivera
                    • 1 hr 25 min
                    • SLP300 Adam Back Bitcoin, Privacy & Censorship Resistance

                      Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, cryptographer and privacy advocate, inventor of Hashcash and cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper rejoins me on the show. We chat:

                      • Regulatory environment for Bitcoin vs building
                      • ‘Crypto wars’ in the 90s
                      • Proof of Work
                      • Bitcoin privacy
                      • Confidential Transactions in Liquid and for Bitcoin
                      • Trade offs involved
                      • Blockstream satellite base station
                      • Bitcoin development
                      • Previous episode:

                        • SLP 42 Adam Back, CEO Of Blockstream - Blockstream Satellite, Tim May, Bitcoin Privacy
                        • Sponsors:

                          • Swan Bitcoin
                          • Hodl Hodl Lend
                          • Compass Mining
                          • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                          • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
                          • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
                          • Stephan Livera links:

                            • Show notes and website
                            • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
                            • Subscribe to the podcast
                            • Patreon @stephanlivera
                            • 1 hr 13 min
                            • SLP299 Adam O - Bitcoin Optionality for Oil & Gas

                              Adam O of Upstream Data joins me to talk about the massive opportunity for energy producers and Bitcoin mining. We chat about:

                              • The opportunity for Oil & Gas with Bitcoin
                              • Optionality
                              • The necessity of fossil fuels
                              • ESG
                              • Bitcoin Mining Council
                              • Bitcoin lobbying
                              • Adam links:

                                • Twitter: @denverbitcoin
                                • Site: Upstream Data
                                • Prior/relevant episode:

                                  • SLP284 Steve Barbour – Bitcoin & Fossil Fuels vs Fiat Maxis
                                  • Sponsors:

                                    • Swan Bitcoin
                                    • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                    • Compass Mining
                                    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
                                    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
                                    • Stephan Livera links:

                                      • Show notes and website
                                      • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
                                      • Subscribe to the podcast
                                      • Patreon @stephanlivera
                                      • 1 hr 20 min
                                      • SLP298 Rusty Russell - Lightning Offers / BOLT12: The next big thing in Lightning?

                                        Offers might be the next big idea for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Rusty Russell of Blockstream, working on the lightning spec and on c-lightning rejoins me to chat:

                                        • Current invoices today vs Offers
                                        • New use cases enabled e.g. static QR donation
                                        • Refunds
                                        • Recurring payments
                                        • ‘Speaking lightning’
                                        • Offers vs LN URL
                                        • What’s next
                                        • Links:

                                          • Twitter: @Rusty_twit
                                          • Site: Bolt12.org
                                          • Site: Blockstream.com
                                          • Sponsors:

                                            • Swan Bitcoin
                                            • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                            • Compass Mining
                                            • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                            • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
                                            • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
                                            • Stephan Livera links:

                                              • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
                                              • Subscribe to the podcast
                                              • Patreon @stephanlivera
                                              • 1 hr 14 min
                                              • SLP297 Ergo - Chain Surveil Yourself!

                                                Have you wondered about Bitcoin privacy or chain surveillance and how it’s done? Or how to defend against it? This is the episode for you, as Ergo of OXT Research (Part of Samourai Wallet) rejoins me on the show to talk:

                                                • Background on bitcoin transactions
                                                • How Bitcoin surveillance works
                                                • Peel chains and wallet clustering
                                                • How to counter it in practice
                                                • Ergo links:

                                                  • Twitter: @ErgoBTC
                                                  • Telegram: @ErgoBTC
                                                  • Guide:  Understanding Bitcoin Privacy with OXT — Part 1/4
                                                  • Sponsors:

                                                    • Swan Bitcoin
                                                    • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                                    • Compass Mining
                                                    • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                                    • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
                                                    • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
                                                    • Stephan Livera links:

                                                      • Show notes and website
                                                      • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
                                                      • Subscribe to the podcast
                                                      • Patreon @stephanlivera
                                                      • 1 hr 18 min
                                                      • SLP296 Saifedean Ammous - The Biggest Fiat Malinvestment

                                                        Saifedean Ammous, author of the Bitcoin Standard and the upcoming book, The Fiat standard rejoins me on the show for an illuminating episode where we explore various ideas:

                                                        • What bitcoin really replaces
                                                        • Thinking about inflationary costs
                                                        • infinity/21M - is it wrong?
                                                        • Cultural impacts of fiat money
                                                        • Malinvestments and where the biggest ones lie
                                                        • The hyperbitcoinized world
                                                        • Saifedean Links:

                                                          • Twitter: @saifedean
                                                          • Site: Saifedean.com
                                                          • Sponsors:

                                                            • Swan Bitcoin
                                                            • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                                            • Compass Mining
                                                            • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                                            • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
                                                            • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
                                                            • Stephan Livera links:

                                                              • Show notes and website
                                                              • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
                                                              • Subscribe to the podcast
                                                              • Patreon @stephanlivera
                                                              • 1 hr 27 min
                                                              • SLP295 John Lee Quigley Why Bitcoin Mining Is Shifting to North America

                                                                Historically, Bitcoin Mining as an industry was dominated by China. John Lee Quigley (formerly of Compass Mining, and now independently consulting and writing) rejoins me on the show to talk about his recent report on the state of Bitcoin mining. We talk about the various factors going into this generational shift. Listen to this episode to understand some of the dynamics, gleaned from John’s in depth research and interviews on the subject. We chat:

                                                                • Historical reasons for China’s dominance
                                                                • Why its changing now
                                                                • Mining equipment upgrade cycle
                                                                • Capital market access
                                                                • Regulatory certainty
                                                                • Downsides of this shift
                                                                • John Links:

                                                                  • Twitter: @bitcoinnomadic
                                                                  • Substack: Adaptive Analysis - Substack
                                                                  • Prior episodes:

                                                                    • SLP158 John Lee Quigley - How Does A Bitcoin Price Crash Impact Bitcoin Miners?
                                                                    • SLP259 Whit Gibbs - Bitcoin Mining For All With Compass Mining
                                                                    • SLP275 Pavel Moravec - Slushpool Signalling For Taproot
                                                                    • SLP162 Matt D'souza - Bitcoin Halving Analysis: Bullish For Competitive Miners
                                                                    • Sponsors:

                                                                      • Swan Bitcoin
                                                                      • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                                                      • Compass Mining
                                                                      • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                                                      • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
                                                                      • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
                                                                      • Stephan Livera links:

                                                                        • Show notes and website
                                                                        • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
                                                                        • Subscribe to the podcast
                                                                        • Patreon @stephanlivera
                                                                        • 56 min
                                                                        • SLP294 Lyn Alden - Inflation, Debt, and Energy Markets

                                                                          Lyn Alden of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy rejoins me on the show to talk about macro updates and Bitcoin. We chat:

                                                                          • CPI rises to 5.4% and inflation
                                                                          • Govt debt and the likely govt responses
                                                                          • Why and how they keep the party going
                                                                          • Oil & Gas Bull case
                                                                          • Energy and the need for baseload power
                                                                          • Stablecoins & why Bitcoin is different
                                                                          • People are sleeping on the Lightning Network
                                                                          • Links: 

                                                                            • Twitter: @LynAldenContact 
                                                                            • Article: The Case for a Longer-Term Oil and Gas Bull Market
                                                                            • Other episodes:

                                                                              • SLP232 Lyn Alden - Bitcoin As Emerging Store Of Value
                                                                              • SLP291 Caitlin Long Stablecoins, Bitcoin & The Fed
                                                                              • SLP282 Alex Epstein - Why Bitcoiners Should Reframe The Energy Debate & Own Their Energy Use
                                                                              • Sponsors:

                                                                                • Swan Bitcoin
                                                                                • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                                                                • Compass Mining
                                                                                • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                                                                • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
                                                                                • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
                                                                                • Stephan Livera links:

                                                                                  • Show notes and website
                                                                                  • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
                                                                                  • Subscribe to the podcast
                                                                                  • Patreon @stephanlivera
                                                                                  • 1 hr 11 min
                                                                                  • SLP293 Greg Foss The Debt Problem You Can’t Ignore

                                                                                    Greg Foss, a 3 decade veteran of fixed income securities specialising in HY (High Yield) joins me to talk about debt, bonds, government debt and why Bitcoin is the answer.

                                                                                    • Primer on debt instruments
                                                                                    • Interest rates and bond bull market over decades
                                                                                    • Craziness of debt markets
                                                                                    • Interaction between debt and equity
                                                                                    • Could govt repudiate the debt?
                                                                                    • Could we outgrow it?
                                                                                    • Why Bitcoin is the best asymmetric trade
                                                                                    • Links:

                                                                                      • Twitter: @FossGregfoss
                                                                                      • Paper: https://t.co/OK4dDj27Io?amp=1
                                                                                      • Sponsors:

                                                                                        • Swan Bitcoin
                                                                                        • Hodl Hodl Lend
                                                                                        • Compass Mining
                                                                                        • Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
                                                                                        • CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
                                                                                        • CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
                                                                                        • Stephan Livera links:

                                                                                          • Show notes and website
                                                                                          • Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
                                                                                          • Subscribe to the podcast
                                                                                          • Patreon @stephanlivera
                                                                                          • 1 hr 9 min

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